Tracy McGrady, who recently retired from the NBA, had a career free of off-the-court problems and an on-court persona of cool and calm. And while his demeanor rarely changed, McGrady enjoyed the game of basketball and the lifestyle it afforded him.

So, McGrady doesn't like it when he sees players who lose their cool on the court and fail to stay out of trouble off it, as he told the Toronto Star. He used the case of new Heat signee Michael Beasley as an example.

"You've got some guys in the league now who are just knuckleheads," McGrady told the Star. "What turns me off is guys doing the wrong thing. Just the legal part of it, hanging out, getting these DUIs, marijuana -- all that crazy stuff, just doing the wrong thing, setting a bad example for the young guys . . . "

"I don't quite understand it. I take a guy like Beasley. Had all the potential in the world but he's not level-headed. He just doesn't get it. And a very talented player.

"But where else are you going to make this type of money doing something you love to do every day, take care of your family and play basketball. I mean, are you serious? You get millions of dollars for it and you mess these opportunities up? I don't get it."

As the South Florida Sun Sentinel noted, Beasley has made more than $33 million in his NBA career. Still, he has had constant brushes with the law and was waived by the Phoenix Suns, who chose to cut ties and pass on Beasley's enormous potential.

In Miami, with veterans around him, Beasley could blossom, at least that's what the Heat are hoping will be the case. He will have an opportunity to show the Heat he plans to make the most of this recent opportunity in training camp, where he will have to earn his chance to stay on and cash in on a non-guaranteed contract offer.